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Chris1300
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Bulk admin tasks powershell script

Hello,

 I have admin access to my company wide PowerBI service. I understand you can use Powershell to send commands to do PowerBI server level tasks. I am trying to create some automation and wondering if someone can point me in the right direction.

 

I would like to add a new admin user to ALL workspaces, and also remove a certain person from all the workspace. I have a list of csv with all the workspace IDs and I have the emails necessary. Is there a way to write a loop function in Powershell that loops through all the workspace IDs and adds a new admin user and then removes certain users?

 

I have seen powershell scripts on how to add individual users to a specific workspace ID, but is there a way to do bulk edits using powershell scripting with FOR loop?

 

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Daryl-Lynch-Bzy
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Hi @Chris1300 - everything you are thinking about is possible.  It just takes a bit of practice.  Have you seen the following video to help you get started with API & PowerShell, and Rui shows how an Azure Application can help execute these.
Guy in Cube - Intro Call any Power BI REST API with PowerShell - YouTube
Rui Romeo - Power BI REST API’s 101 & Useful Techniques (with Rui Romano) - YouTube


Please try to refer to the API documentation, it contains a useful feature call "Try It".  I suggest that you use this and compare it to your PowerShell version to compare results.  Here is an example:  Admin - Groups AddUserAsAdmin - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn

Finally, some people have shared GitHub libraries with their PowerShell scripts:
GitHub - msfttimmac/MyPowerBIPowerShellSamples: Using the Get-PowerBIWorkspace PowerShell cmdlet to ...
GitHub - tirnovar/Power-BI-Admin-REST-API-Connector: Power BI REST API Connector - Admin Version

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